1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 9:30 PM PST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 PM PST THU DEC 23 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER UTAH COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY. A LITTLE WARMER WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY. FAIR AND WARMER SATURDAY UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND COOLING NEXT WEEK. CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SMALLER CHANCE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE CONTINUE BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SNA MOUNTAINS...AND ARE NOW SHOWING UP IN THE SAN DIEGO MTS. THE STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. THE SUPPORT FOR THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY FRI BUT LOCAL WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SAT. THE CURRENT WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES LOOK GOOD WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES. FAIR WITH WARMING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE COAST SAT WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW. UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NW SUN FOR STRATUS FORM NEAR THE COAST...INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS...AND COOLER TEMPS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LATE SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER AN INCH W OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH MULTIPLE INCHES POSSIBLE ON SW FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. HOWEVER... THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...AND THEREFORE THE PRECIP AMOUNTS... ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. LATEST GFS SUGGESTS A LATER ARRIVAL TIME OF THE STORM...LIKE SOMETIME MONDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SLIGHT TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS EACH IN MOIST W-NW FLOW ALOFT NEXT WEEK. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND EMPIRE. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS AND SAN DIEGO INLAND VALLEY...MAINLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.....SEE LAXHWOSGX. && MACKECHNIE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 430 AM PST THU DEC 23 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-241400- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 430 AM PST THU DEC 23 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE INLAND EMPIRE. WIND ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS...AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR FRIDAY...HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES FOR STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...A STRONG COLD GULF OF ALASKA STORM MAY PASS THROUGH OR NEAR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The CHP reported wind gusts to 80 mph in the San Diego County mountains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5431426.